Recategorization of verbs

Verbs, i. e. infinitives, present participles and past participles can be recategorized as nouns. Notice that these are the verb forms to which the feature person doesn't apply, that is a feature which is related to the situation of enonciation (the parameter of ``person'').

D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e s

infinitive to noun if independency from a verbal process and semantic autonomy il apporte son manger /pos=n   le dire /pos=n   et le faire /pos=n  

present participle to noun if independency from a verbal process and semantic autonomy un croyant /pos=n   un décapant /pos=n  

past participle to noun if independency from a verbal process and semantic autonomy un détenu /pos=n   le passé /pos=n  

Present participles and past participles can also be recategorized as adjectives.

D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e s

present participle to adjective if independency from a verbal process un homme croyant /pos=a   une potion calmante /pos=a  

past participle to adjective if independency from a verbal process une jeune femme mariée /pos=a   la semaine passée /pos=a  

In the following tables, we show once more that present and past participles can be recategorized as nouns and as adjectives.

1. Present participles are recategorized as nouns and as adjectives:

   pos=n pos=a

   Description Example Description Example

   human actor les croyants /pos=n   pratiquants vont à l'église quality un homme croyant /pos=a  

   les militants /pos=n   de l'association pour la paix ... un communiste militant /pos=a  

   object of a certain domain un calmant /pos=n   quality une potion calmante /pos=a  

2. Past participles are recategorized as nouns and as adjectives:

   pos=n pos=a

   Description Example Description Example

   human actor la jeune mariée/pos=n   social statuts for a human la jeune femme mariée/pos=a  

   spatial delimitation le passé/pos=n   specification of time la semaine passée/pos=a